In addition to using his influential status, voice and name to incite positive change, Cumberbatch intends to fuel more female-centric dramas through his new production company SunnyMarch.

This lead of the fresh television series Patrick Melrose revealed that he and partner Adam Ackland are currently the only men in the production company. Its subsequent women-centric project focuses on motherhood in an age of environmental disaster.

The celebrity also encourages others to firmly boycott projects that refuse to pay women equally to their male co-stars. The full interview with Cumberbatch is available in RadioTimes’ latest issue that’s selling now.